Integrated Pest Management in Sustainable Production Systems

About this programme

This advanced course is aimed at those who want to know more about how to protect horticultural and agricultural crops from pests and diseases in a sustainable manner. Study visits and case studies complement the course’s interdisciplinary theoretical framework to connect learning to practice. Sustainable methods for plant protection are components of future plant production systems that will be necessary to safeguard food security under a changing climate and with an increasing world population. In addition to interdisciplinary knowledge of integrated pest management, the course gives you tools for critical thinking and a scientific approach, which you can take with you in your continued, lifelong learning even after the course ends. You will meet lecturers from several scientific disciplines and explore pest management in a variety of different crops and locations to gain a holistic view of the science behind integrated pest management (IPM). Through discussions of case studies and scientific articles with other course participants as well as individual and group work, you will have the opportunity to focus on crops and pests that interest you the most and gain an understanding of IPM in different systems. Through research and farm study visits, where you can talk directly to IPM practitioners, you will have the best possible conditions for increased learning and to practically apply the theoretical basis of the course in your future career. The equivalent of 120 credits including 30 credits in Biology or 30 credits in Horticultural Science or 30 credits in Agricultur